Christmas in July with Jami Steiger

 

Good morning, Watercolor friends!  It’s time for more creativity.  

This month, I am having Christmas in July!  The Woodland Critter set 5953 is adorable for so many projects.  I started by making a frame using the Mini Scalloped Frame Dies 5902.  I stamped the squirrel with Tombow markers 565 and 969, stamping off twice.  I watercolored the stamped image using the following Tombow markers: 856, 565, 969, 177, 526, 977, 947, N65, N75, N65, 772 and 025. (I used the same markers on both of my projects.)  After allowing the painting to dry, I added Dr. Ph Martin’s white to the cup of hot chocolate for the whipped cream and added highlights.  I used the Winter Woodland paper pack for the frame.

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For my second project I made my first slimline card.  

The card base is cut 7” x 8 1/2” and scored at 3 1/2”.   I used cream-colored card stock for the base. After stamping my images onto watercolor paper, I painted each image and die-cut it out.  I found a frame die in my stash that I believed would perfectly match the look I wanted to achieve.  I then cut a piece of paper 2” x 8 1/2” from the Winter Woodland cover paper pack.  I punched a charming border on one side.  I glued everything down onto my card base by starting with the scalloped paper, the blue frame and then the animal images.  The deer image was too big to fit the opening, so I used foam dots to pop him up, giving him additional dimension.  For the Joy sentiment, I die cut three images of the word Joy and then glued the three on top of each other to give a 3-D image.  Final additions were gray ribbon and red sequins.  

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and staying cool.

  The heat index is 107 degrees where I am!  That is too hot for me!  I am ready for Christmas weather to return.